After graduating from the University of Virginia with a degree in Economics, Paul worked in technology and management consulting at DuPont and at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He then managed a staffing company, Source Services (acquired by Kforce during Paul's tenure as Managing Director) from a 12-person to 450-person operation that grew from $2 million in revenues to $80 million in revenues in five years.

Paul founded HireStrategy in 2000 to provide a consultative and relationship-driven search and consulting experience for candidates and employers alike. A recognized thought leader on economic, workplace and job market issues, Paul is regularly quoted in The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal, Washington SmartCEO magazine and The Washington Examiner. He has also been featured on NBC news, CNN and in The Wall Street Journal.

Paul and his executive management team have led HireStrategy to a consistent #1 ranking among staffing firms in the mid-Atlantic region according to The Washington Business Journal. HireStrategy has been the honored by Washingtonian magazine as one of the Washington area’s Best Places to Work and as one of America’s 500 fastest-growing firms by Inc. magazine.

Paul serves as a director of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the Business Alliance of George Mason University and the Equal Footing Foundation, a not-for-profit after-school program focused on youth development and education. Contact Paul.

His role is to design and execute winning strategies in the areas of business development, sales & Marketing, technology, and customer delight.

He is a key architect of "The Positive HireStrategy Experience", an innovative corporate environment recently recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington’s ‘Great Places To Work’ and by The Washington Business Journal as one of the ‘Best Places To Work’. This has set the stage for the accelerated growth of HireStrategy into the largest and top-ranked recruiting firm in greater washington.

Hector serves on the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board (NVWIB) and the HR Leadership Forum (HRLF). Additionally, he is a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the DC Tech Council, the Washington Technical Professionals Forum and SHRM.

Hector is a sought-after speaker in the areas of Leadership, Career Management and Human Capital Acquisition & Retention. And he dedicates a significant amount of time and energy to associations and trade groups that wish to help their members in the areas of Career Management & Job Search. Contact Hector.

Mr. Owen began his career as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche. He then joined Source Services, where he specialized in recruiting and placing accounting and finance professionals. Mr. Owen helped Paul Villella build Source Services into the Mid-Atlantic area's top recruiting firm three years in a row in the late 1990s. Between leaving Source Services and co-founding HireStrategy, Mr. Owen was an executive recruiter for Booz-Allen & Hamilton's International division. Mr. Owen graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting. Contact Chris.